Once again, homebrew developer Art, has released an updated version of his cream of the crop X-Flash homebrew firmware modification tool for your PSP. In case you're new at this, when this app is used with caution and enough knowledge, it could alter and create a custom firmware for your PSP. The operative term in that sentence is enough knowledge-- using it even if you have no idea what in the world you're doing could result to a bricked PSP.

Just some reminders from the good developer himself who divulge this development through our forums, "The original Dark_AleX Custom Firmware modification does not work under MPH firmware launcher 1.3.7. Simulation mode works correctly, but the firmware dump will probably become unuseable with any firmware launcher if the custom firmware files are applied in simulation mode." Aside from that, Art just wants you to know that you "can add to the config.txt file that X-Flash V12 writes in ms0:/PSP/SYSTEM, but do not edit the section that X-Flash creates if you want to use the configurator (you only need to change the file manually if you wish to add prx files)."

So here's what's new in this version:
- Support for applying Dark_AleX's latest custom firmware mod and reversal of it, complete with ASCII graphics configurator.
- Implement Freeplay & Fluff's Name Plate picture mod in the PSP's about screen. name_plate.png is checked for size and resolution.
- Program checks existence of Xflash/Dump, and Xflash/Registry folders when required, and creates them if they do not exist.
- Program checks for firmware dump before simulation mode starts.
- Program checks for at least 16Mb free space on memory stick before firmware dump if the Xflash/Dump folder doesn't already exist.
- Menu code optimization.